Happy Holidays!!!

Agenda:
1) Have a wonderful and restful holiday! Stay Safe, play hard, enjoy yummy treats and be kind to your parents!

Secret Santa Day 2

Agenda:
Day 3 of Secret Santa is tomorrow - Please make sure you come with your third gift and final clue first thing tomorrow morning. 

1) Reading each night - Raz Kids if you have it

2) News Article will be due by Thursday 

3) Water Cycles are due tomorrow

4) Tomorrow is Polar Express Day - wear your Jammies or ugly sweater

Don't Forget Thursday is Early Dismissal - school is over at 12:00

Grade 6 parents make sure to check when the Branton Open House is. They will be visiting our School in January to talk to all Grade 6 students about what their Jr. High has to offer but you will also want to check out their open house. 

Learning Intention
What did you learn today?
We learned that the Jungle Book book and the movie had a lot of differences.
How did you show what you learned?
We made a Venn Diagram of the differences and similarities between the movie and the book. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to finish the rest of the movie tomorrow. 

Caroling and Secret Santa Day 1

Agenda:
Day 2 of Secret Santa is tomorrow - Please make sure you come with your second gift and clue first thing tomorrow morning. 

1) Reading each night - Raz Kids if you have it

2) News Article will be due by Thursday 

3) Get your social projects signed and returned. 

4) Dress like an Elf tomorrow (wear red, green or white), Thursday is Polar Express Day - wear your Jammies or ugly sweater

5) Please have your Ordering and Comparing and Division Quizzes signed and returned by Wednesday

Don't Forget Thursday is Early Dismissal!

Grade 6 parents make sure to check when the Branton Open House is. They will be visiting our School in January to talk to all Grade 6 students about what their Jr. High has to offer but you will also want to check out their open house. 

Learning Intention
What did you learn today?
We learned about the importance of giving during Secret Santa today. 
How did you show what you learned?
We were able o watch our person open their gift without them knowing who we are. 
What do you need to learn next?
We will do it again tomorrow and everyone needs to remember to include the person's name and a hint!

KI - for Kindness

Agenda:
Secret Santa Starts tomorrow - Please make sure you come with your first gift and clue first thing tomorrow morning. 

1) Reading each night - Raz Kids if you have it and don't forget our Novel Recommendations are due on Dec. 13. 

2) Social quiz is tomorrow 

3) News Article will be due by Thursday 

4) Jungle Book permission letter - Due Tuesday  

5) Get your social projects signed and returned. 

6) Wear a winter hat on Tuesday, Wednesday is dress like an Elf day, Thursday is Polar Express Day - wear your Jammies or ugly sweater

7) Please have your Ordering and Comparing and Division Quizzes signed and returned by Wednesday

Learning Intention
What did you learn today?
We learned how great it feels when you GIVE. 
How did you show what you learned?
We spent our morning filling all the socks with the various donated items. We filled 71 socks!!! This afternoon someone from the Drop In Center came to pick up all of our socks and other donated items. He answered lots of our questions and explained how the socks would be delivered on Christmas morning.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to go and let the other classes know that we donated enough items to fill 71 socks!

Skating on the Only and BEST Rink in Calgary

Agenda:
1) Reading each night - Raz Kids if you have it and don't forget our Novel Recommendations are due on Dec. 13. 

2) Social quiz is on Tuesday 

3) News Article will be due late next week

4) Please bring your items for the Fill a Sock project - small items are best - Monday will be the last day!

Thank you SO much to all the families who have sent items in already! The bins are filling up quickly!!!

5) Jungle Book permission letter - Due Monday 

6) Get your social projects signed and returned. 

7) Don't forget to purchase your Secret Santa items before Tuesday. 

8) Wear a winter hat on Tuesday, Wednesday is dress like an Elf day, Thursday is Polar Express Day - wear your Jammies or ugly sweater

Thanks to all of our parent volunteers that joined us today and helped make a great experience!!!!

Learning Intention
What did you learn today?
We had the opportunity to have a new experience as a class - skating at the outdoor rink or getting to play sports at a different site.
How did you show what you learned?
Some of us skated and others played soccer, basketball or on the playground.
What do you need to learn next?
We would lie to do this field trip again in the new year! 

Zart in the Laptops

Agenda:
1) Reading each night - Raz Kids if you have it and don't forget our Novel Recommendations are due on Dec. 13. 

2) Division quick quiz will be tomorrow

3) Please bring your items for the Fill a Sock project - small items are best

Thank you SO much to all the families who have sent items in already! The bins are filling up quickly!!!

4) Jungle Book permission letter - Due Monday 

5) We will be going to the community rink tomorrow - find your helmet - it MUST Be a skating helmet (CSA approved) and skates (no Sticks or pucks ). We will need a few volunteers so check with your parents - they don't have to skate. If you aren't skating, you will still be coming with us and participating in other Phys. Ed activities. 

6) Get your social projects signed and returned. 

7) Don't forget to purchase your Secret Santa items before Tuesday. 

Learning Intention
What did you learn today?
We learned about different genres and titles of books that we would like to read. 
How did you show what you learned?
We listened to (almost) everyone's novel recommendations. We took notes on which books we thought looked interesting. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to keep on reading and we will do a second novel recommendation in the spring. 

Skating Field Trip forms

Agenda:
1) Reading each night - Raz Kids if you have it and don't forget our Novel Recommendations are due on Dec. 13. 

2) Social Pitch - these are being presented this week.

3) Battle Bunny - work on your manuscript - edit, edit, edit

4) Math tests corrected and signed by Thursday 

5) Division quick quiz will be later this week. 

6) Please bring your items for the Fill a Sock project - small items are best

Thank you SO much to all the families who have sent items in already! The bins are filling up quickly!!!

7) We will be going to the community rink on Friday - find your helmut - it MUST Be a skating helmet (CSA approved) and skates (no Sticks or pucks ). Field trip forms are due Thursday. We will need a few volunteers so check with your parents - they don't have to skate. 

Fill A Sock Begins

Agenda:
1) Reading each night - Raz Kids if you have it and don't forget our Novel Recommendations are due on Dec. 13. 

2) Social Pitch - these are being presented this week.

3) Battle Bunny - work on your manuscript - edit, edit, edit

4) Math tests corrected and signed by Thursday 

5) Division quick quiz will be later this week. 

6) Treat day is tomorrow - don't forget your quarter

7) Please bring your items for the Fill a Sock project - small items are best

8) We will be going to the community rink on Friday - find your helmut - MUST Be a skating helmet (CSA approved) and skates. Field trip forms will come home tomorrow.

Learning Intention
What did you learn today?
We learned how to make an advertising pitch today. 
How did you show what you learned?
We viewed and presented 10 pitches today. Students shared lots of interesting information about the various regions of Canada. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to finish listening to the other presenters. 

Getting Ready for tomorrow night

Agenda:
1) Reading each night - Raz Kids if you have it and don't forget our Novel Recommendations are due on Dec. 13. 

2) Spelling and edit fun due Thursday

3) Social Pitch - due later next week

4) Battle Bunny - work on your manuscript - edit, edit, edit

5) Festive Evening this Thursday

Floor Hockey

Agenda:
1) Reading each night - Raz Kids if you have it and don't forget our Novel Recommendations are due on Dec. 13. 

2) Spelling due Thursday

3) Social Pitch

4) Battle Bunny - work on your manuscript - edit, edit, edit

5) Festive Evening this Thursday

6) Math Quick Quiz tomorrow

Learning Intentions 
What did you learn today?
We are learning about shapes, angles and symmetry through our Quick Draw and Quick Build. 
How did you show what you learned?
We do this work each Tuesday. Check out video link to see how our class does this work. However, we focus on math vocabulary, not just what it reminds us of. http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/787 

Maybe we can show you an example :-)

What do you need to learn next?
We need to continue to learn new math language so we can apply this to our 2D and 3D vocabulary

Mathgic!

Agenda:

 Reading

Spelling due Thursday

Social Pitch

Battle Bunny

Festive Evening this Thursday

Math Quick Quiz on Wednesday 

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We had our weekly P.O.D
How did you show what you learned?
We struggled through the question in Josh's Mensa Book.
What do you need to learn next?
Continue doing our weekly P.O.D’s so that we can practice and get better.

Zart is Back

Agenda:
1- Math Questions due Monday
37 x 29 =
306 x 48 =

2 - Novel Recommendation is Due Dec. 13th
3 - Battle Bunny - please be working on editing your manuscript... we are almost ready for our final draft.
4 -Raz Kids and/or Read every night
5 - PD Day next Friday



Learning Intention
What did you learn today?
We learned about different types of clouds - check out Twitter to see a picture of us working. 
How did you show what you learned?
We used charcoal to draw the different clouds we could see and that we know about. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to be more familiar with the different types and we want to be able to identify them without looking at our sheet.